History

Cross Park Church was planted in South Charlotte in the spring of 2011. Uptown Church, our
planting church, had a growing vision to see a Christ-centered, gospel-preaching church take root
in the rapidly growing South Charlotte area. In the early stages of Cross Park, Jeff Hardy was
called as our pastor. Jeff and his family moved to Charlotte to work with Uptown Church in
building a launch team. Soon after, Jordan Olshefski joined as Associate Pastor. With this team
in place, Cross Park held its first worship service in March 2011 at Smithfield Elementary
School. Within a year, the congregation elected and ordained elders and deacons, who began
serving the church faithfully.

From the beginning, Cross Park has been a community devoted to God’s calling. We have
invested in ministry throughout South Charlotte, while also supporting missionaries and churches
around the world. It has been a joy to love our neighbors, grow in Christ together, and raise up
leaders for the global church.

During the Covid years, Cross Park moved from Smithfield Elementary to outdoor services at
Reformed Theological Seminary, before relocating in early 2021 to the Hemby Center at the
Brace YMCA, where we still meet today. Around that time, Associate Pastor Jordan Olshefski
accepted a call to serve as Senior Pastor at Uptown Church. As sad as it was to lose the Olshefski
family, we celebrated God’s provision for Uptown.

In July 2022, we welcomed Grant and Sarah Beachy, along with their three children, when Grant
was called as our new Associate Pastor. We also launched a partnership with City to City
ministries, sending several teams to Ecuador and Peru, including a group of 26 Cross Park
members and children who served in Lima in August 2025.

In May 2025, Jeff Hardy, our founding pastor, resigned. We continue to give thanks for Jeff,
Trish, and their daughters, even as we grieve their departure. Looking ahead, we are eager to call
our next senior pastor, establish a permanent home in South Charlotte, and grow deeper roots in
our neighborhood. We entrust the future of Cross Park to God and pray he will use us to serve
one another, our city, and the world.